ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,365, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Nederlands Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappeljikOnderzoek TWO ('s-Gravebhage, Netherlands).

"Biomass reactor and process" was invented by Christiaan Martinus van der Meijden ('s-Gravenhage, Netherlands) and Hendrica Johanna Maria Visser ('s-Gravenhage, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reactor for processing biomass, e.g. into biochar or bio cokes, with a reactor enclosure (2) having a transport unit (5). In a first reactor section (6) first gas injectors (11) are positioned below the transport unit (5), and first oxidant injectors (12) are positioned above transport unit (...